Commercial
Corporate Resources
Operations
Midlothian
Midlothian Council
Dundas Buildings
62a Polton Street
Bonnyrigg
Director
EH19 3YD
John Blair
18 April 2013
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Dear Mr Namdaran
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) F/4655
Bonnyrigg Leisure Centre Demolition Documentation
I refer to the above request dated 25 March 2013.
I can confirm that the decision to demolish the building was made at the Council meeting on 23
February 2010. This report is freely available on the Council’s website.
Notwithstanding the above, I can report that the recommendations laid out in the report are as follows:
a) Approve inclusion of the facilities currently available in Bonnyrigg Leisure Centre, Bonnyrigg
Community Library, Bonnyrigg Town Hall and Poltonhall Community Centre in the new Lasswade
High School Centre.
b) Authorise closure and disposal of Bonnyrigg Leisure Centre, Bonnyrigg Community Library,
Poltonhall Outdoor Bowling Club, Bonnyrigg Town Hall and Poltonhall Community Centre once the
new Lasswade High School Centre is opened in August 2013.
c) Approve the funding arrangements detailed in Section 3.1 of this Report.
The recommendations noted in the Minutes were approved by the 18 Members present at the
meeting.
Please be advised that an applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council has
dealt with his/her request for information under section 1(1) of the FOISA, by virtue of section 20 of the
FOISA, may require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that request.
Details of Midlothian Council's complaints procedure under the FOISA are set out in the section
outlined overleaf.
Yours sincerely
Garry Sheret
Head of Property and Facilities Management
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Tel 0131 561 5249
Fax 0131 654 2797
Your Ref:
Minicom 0131 271 3291
Our Ref: ND/LJM/General 18.24
www.midlothian.gov.uk
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Midlothian Council’s Complaints Procedure under the FOISA:
An applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council has dealt with his/her
request for information under section 1(1) of the FOISA, may, by virtue of Section 20 of the
FOISA, require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that request.
If you wish Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions with respect to your request
for information, you should write to the Director, Corporate Resources or other official whose
name is printed at the top of this letter. That official will arrange for your application for review to
be considered. Thereafter he will write to you informing you of the decision by not later than
twenty working days after receipt of your request requiring that a review be made. By virtue of
Section 21 of the FOISA, you will be provided with a statement of reasons for arriving at the
decision made.
Your request for review should reach Midlothian Council
by no later than 13 June 2013. Requests for review must be in writing (or in another form which has some permanency and is
capable of being used for subsequent reference eg audio/video tape recording). You must:-
state your name and address for correspondence;
give details of the information which you originally requested from Midlothian Council; and
state the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for
information has been dealt with.
Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:
Under Section 47 of the FOISA, a person who is dissatisfied with the outcome of their request for
review by the Council may apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner to determine whether
their request (or any part of it) has been properly dealt with.
An application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made in writing (or in another
form having some permanency eg an audio/video tape recording) within six months of receipt of a
Section 21 Notice by the applicant. The applicant must specify:-
a)
his/her name and address for correspondence;
b)
the request for information to which the requirement for review by Midlothian Council
related;
c)
the matter which gave rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction with the way in which
Midlothian Council dealt with their original request; and
d)
the matter which gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction relating to the review by
Midlothian Council.
The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-
Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16
9DS
(Telephone – 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611; Email –
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx)
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